Dr. Wayne Dyer is a
prominent American best-selling author and internationally recognized
lecturer. Recently he was interviewed for a television news programme in
Cleveland, Ohio. In the course of that interview Swami’s name came up, and
at the first mention of Sai Baba tears appeared in his eyes. He has never
seen Swami in person but said that he was well acquainted with Baba
because He appeared often in his dreams.

How come Swami is blessing Dyer by regularly
appearing in his dreams? That is because Dyer is an intensely spiritual
person. He is regularly featured on Public Television in America and he is
considered one of
the foremost inspirational speakers in the field of spiritual growth and
personal development. He has written 25 books over the last 30 years, many
of which have been bestsellers throughout the world.

He learnt the important lesson of
self-reliance. He sees himself as the Eternal Soul who is disguised as an author,
lecturer, father, husband and a thousand other things – he obviously takes
his Adwaita seriously.

Part of Dyer’s popularity is due to the
inclusion of many quotes from Swami in his books and presentations. One of his
observations demonstrates his closeness to the Teachings of Sai Baba:
“Send out love and harmony, put your mind and body in a peaceful
place, and then allow the universe to work in the perfect way it knows
how”.

In public lectures around the world, Dyer
invariably brings up the name of Sai Baba. “I am not sure why He comes to me,”
he says, “it just started happening several years ago. This is a Being who
lives at God Consciousness who has, as Jesus had, the ability to manifest
at will (like Jesus manifested fish and loaves). All of us have the
ability to manifest, but there is the timeline between what we think and
what we do.”

In a recent TV interview Dyer exclaimed,
“Even as you speak (about Sai Baba), I get very emotional. I could almost
break down and cry right now. It’s not a tear of sadness; it’s not a
feeling that I am hurt in any way. It’s just the most blissful, peaceful
(feeling). Do you know what it feels like to be in a warm shower when you
have been out in the cold? It’s like having a warm shower running inside
of you.”

It’s an energy that moves up and down your
spine and gives you goose flesh; only, it’s internal goose flesh. It’s just
bliss. That’s the way it is and that’s how I feel.”

When asked why others don’t have such access
to the many qualities of Sai Baba, Dyer replied that everyone has access
but they do not want it. He adds, “It’s just that they believe they don’t.
It’s like your question itself (about this) has resistance built in to it.
You know the idea is that if you believe you don’t have something, then
you don’t have it.”

Dyer says this is how people create
resistance to what they want. “If you use phrases like ‘the worst-case scenario’ then
you just can’t have ‘the best-case scenario’. You know, ‘as a man thinks,
so he is’. It’s based on simple metaphysics. Change the way you look at
things, and the things you look at change.”

Often in his talks and frequently in his
writings, Dyer teaches about non-attachment. About meeting Sai Baba in India one day he says, “I am not
attached to it at all. Honestly, I am not. I don’t have any illusion that
if He were to walk into this room right now, that it would be any
different from this very experience (of talking about Him) right now”.
Dyer adds, “It’s because I already feel Baba’s presence in this room right now.
It’s just that strong.”

Dyer says, “I have a very, very strong
internal knowing about my connection to Source (God) and Sai Baba is someone
who lives at this level of God Consciousness. In David Hawkins book Power
v/s Force, he speaks of a handful of people who live at this God-Realized
level. He says they are steadfast in their abstention of thoughts of harm,
that they don’t exclude anyone and that they include all, and Baba is one
of those beings that calibrates at one of those exceptionally high
spiritual levels that is commensurate with Source. He is Source Energy. He
lives at Source Energy. He is God. We are all pieces of God, and He is
there all the time.”

The latest book written by Dyer, The Power of
Intention, describes the force brought to an individual’s life by ego
and how it interacts with fear. “When you get ego out of the way,” he
says, “when you just allow (life to be) and if you knew who it was who was
walking beside you at all times on this path, then you would have no
fear”. Dyer continues: “One of the quotes I like from Swami Paramananda is
that when you reach God realization, nothing can go wrong. All you have to
do is live at the level I am speaking about and you don’t have to go
around practicing or worrying about it, you just have to reach for higher
vibrational energy at any moment, which means staying connected to Source.
One of the great questions to ask is, “Would God have this thought?” and
then to remind yourself that you are God, that you are a piece of God.”

Dyer says that by definition, anything that
excludes cannot be spiritual. And he says that nearly all religions
exclude. It’s one of the thoughts that make this famous author so popular
among those who know him. His life is dedicated to inclusiveness. It’s one
of the reasons he speaks so forcefully about Sai Baba. He knows Sai Baba
is all about inclusion. If Wayne Dyer is against anything for anyone, it
is exclusion